The Agincourt demographic and health study - Site description, baseline findings and implications

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 858-864

  Tollman, Stephen M ^a   Herbst, Kobus ^c   Garenne, Michel ^b   Gear, John S S ^a   Kahn, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Université Paris Descartes   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; NEWBORN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFUGEE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0032721723     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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